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Recapturing Boeing's glory, not to mention its global market share (in 1999 it held 67%; now, less than 50%), will be difficult. But the company says it has a plane design that airlines will buy, passengers will like and bean counters will love. It's a subsonic fuel-efficient jet the company rather inelegantly calls the 7E7. The 7E7, a midsize, 200-seat aircraft that is designed to fly so-called point-to-point routes nonstop, stands in stark contrast to the massive, 555-seat double-decker Airbus A380 that will probably keep to traditional hub-and-spoke networks...
...sections such as the fuselage made of composite materials like plastic and fiber glass, not aluminum. Composites, which are widely used in military planes, are lighter (a vital consideration in any commercial plane) and not vulnerable to dangerous corrosion or cracking. Boeing claims the plane will be 20% more fuel efficient than comparable current models like the Airbus 330-200 or Boeing's 20-year-old 767--a bottom-line factor that drives nearly every airline's purchasing decisions. The plane will also have more cargo space than its rivals, no small advantage given that on some flights, the cargo...
...that weren't bad enough, it is becoming increasingly clear that some folks respond to highly refined foods differently than the rest of the population. All carbohydrates get broken down in the body into a simple sugar called glucose. This is a good thing, since glucose is the principal fuel that powers our bodies and brains. But about a quarter of American adults--some 50 million men and women--have trouble regulating their glucose levels. The hallmarks of this condition, which nutritionists now call metabolic syndrome, include a big waist (40 in. or more for men; 35 in. or more...
...found to have breast cancer; half of them are postmenopausal and have tumors studded with receptors for estrogen or progesterone. These growths are perfect targets for tamoxifen and letrozole, which block estrogen's tumor-enhancing effects, albeit through two different mechanisms. "Estrogen is like the fuel that runs a car engine," says Dr. James Ingle, who headed the U.S. portion of the trial at the Mayo Clinic. "If you remove the fuel, the engine quits running...
...used that loss to fuel our training for the rest of the season,” said Fisher...